---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital construction moratorium exception project added, and deadlines imposed on the public interest review process."
description: "Hospital construction moratorium exception project added, and deadlines imposed on the public interest review process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3202"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3202 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department", "Hospitals and Health Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schomacker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55fad64-46ff-41b7-a1c8-e10aa8b17838"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3202&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "983bea76738ce5d82d16a8b4142f746072823a44e1f21469f8e97e1c1efafefb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 3202 (2017-2018) — Hospital construction moratorium exception project added, and deadlines imposed on the public interest review process.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3202&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3202&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3202&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3202&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3202 — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- H.F. NO. 3202 — **112–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schomacker — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Applebaum — cosponsor (person)
- Backer — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Hoppe — cosponsor (person)
- Jessup — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- Mariani — cosponsor (person)
- Pinto — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Author added Lohmer.
- **2018-03-14** Author added Gruenhagen.
- **2018-03-29** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Author added Jessup.
- **2018-05-14** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-05-16** House rule 2.05, member excused from voting Dean, M.
- **2018-05-16** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-19** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2018-05-19** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2018-05-19** Motion prevailed
- **2018-05-19** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2018-05-19** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2018-05-21** Presented to Governor 5/21/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-29** Governor approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-29** Secretary of State, Filed 05/29/18
- **2018-05-17** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-05-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2892, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2892
- **2018-05-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-19** Special Order: Amended
- **2018-05-19** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-19** House concurred and repassed bill
- **2018-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/18
- **2018-05-29** Governor's action Approval 05/29/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55fad64-46ff-41b7-a1c8-e10aa8b17838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).